Luther Burden III

No. 10 · 2nd season

Ben Johnson sees something in Luther Burden III that he doesn't say out loud often

Coaches hand out compliments all the time. This one landed differently.

Ben Johnson, the Chicago Bears' head coach, compared Luther Burden III's mentality to one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. Not his hands, not his speed — his mentality. The desire to be great, in Johnson's words. That is the part a coach notices before the production catches up, and it is the part that is hardest to teach.

Burden is still early in his pro career, building toward something the Bears clearly believe in. A comparison like this, spoken by the person running the building, is not a throwaway line. It is a signal about how the organization sees his ceiling.

The question now is what Burden does with it. Johnson put the idea out there. The rest is on him.

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